Funding:

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ

Consulting:

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ

Project

Support to the International Comission for the Congo Basin (Commission Internationale du Bassin du Congo-Oubangui-Sangha CICOS).The river Congo and its tributaries are the main transport routes for the regional trade and thus the backbone of the regional economy. The road network is virtually non-existent and only the rivers guarantee continuity. Yet, the absence of any maintenance measures result in a high insecurity for the regional economy.

The project targets the improvement of inland navigation through

• Introduction of better information management (harmonized fleet management),
• Navigation maps,
• Observatory for navigation incidents,
• Decision support system for inland waterway transportation, in particular for Seuil de Zinga,
• Web based harbor register,
• Training and capacity building.